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    "content": "3.Section 3 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection— (2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable — (a) in respect of cannabis, where the person satisfies the court that the cannabis was intended solely for his own consumption, to imprisonment to a term of not more than five years or to a fine of not more than one hundred thousand shillings; b) in respect of a narcotic drug or psychotropic substance, other than cannabis, where a person is in possession of less than one gram, to a fine of not less than five million shillings, or to imprisonment to a term of not less than five years, or to both such fine and imprisonment; and (c) to, in addition to the sentences in paragraph (a) and (b) respectively, committal to appropriate court appointed treatment programme or to voluntary submission to a rehabilitation programme for a period not less than six months, where the court deems fit. The justification is that there was need to simplify the categories of grammes. This would enable implementors to fully comprehend who is to be charged under this penalty for possession and what possession entails. Further, there was need to introduce rehabilitation programmes when the court deems necessary."
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